St Boswells Primestock Sale

Sold 69 Clean Cattle,  40 Cast Cows,  2105 Prime Lambs and 568 Cast Sheep

Bullocks (23) averaged 280p per kg and sold to 316p

Heifers (44) averaged 290p per kg and sold to 330p

Young Bulls (1) averaged 184p per kg and sold to 191p per kg

Cast Cows (39) averaged 202p per kg and sold to 233p

Top price £2123

Cast Bulls (1) sold to 161p

Top price £1626

Lambs (2105) averaged 260.5p per kg (-5.5p on the week). £116 per head and sold to £184

Top price 347p per kg for Beltex Lambs

Cast Sheep (568) averaged £84.76 and sold to £183 for a Texel Tup

Heavy Ewes averaged £120, light ewes sold to £ 107 for North Country Cheviot Ewes, and averaged £76

PRIME CATTLE-

Sharper throughout

Bullocks per head: Dunslaw £2030.56, Learielaw £2015.28, £2002, £1929.92, Dunslaw £1927, Oldcastle £1926.40, Faughhill £1889.68, Learielaw £1865.16, Dunslaw £1827.36

Heifers per head: Pathhead £2069.10, Bee Edge £2002.32, Penston £1939.52, Bee Edge £1921.50, £1914, £1896, Lurdenlaw £1884.80, Rumbleton £1860.24

Bullocks per kilo: Faughhill 316p, Learielaw 314p, Faughhill 312p, Learielaw 311p, 308p, Faughhill 304p J.A Waters & Son

Heifers per kilo: Bee Edge 330p Denholm Meat Supplies, 324p Bee Edge, Penston 322p Denholm Meat Supplies, Lurdenlaw 320p, Bee Edge, Whitrighill 316p, Faughhill 312p, Lurdenlaw 310p

Young Bulls: Wedderlie £1902.36 (191p), Over Newton 174p

CAST COWS

Cracking trade

Cast Cows per head: Wedderlie £2123.44, Helmburn £1889.58, £1780.12, Gateshaw £1696.50, Borthwichshiels £1689.20, Priesthaugh £1651.10, Mossilee £1644.86, Over Newton £1633.14, Priesthaugh £1632.36

Cast Cows per kilo: Helmburn 233p, 231p, Mossilee 229p, Gateshaw 225p, Priesthaugh 223p, Gateshaw 219p, Mossilee, Gateshaw, Helmburn 217p

Cast Bulls: Borthwickshiels £1626.10(161p)

PRIME LAMBS-

Good show forward.  Returns slightly less on the week.  Average £116, 44 ½ kgs, 260.5p

Show and Sale of Beltex Prime Lambs at St Boswells Mart.  Over 20 pens presented infront of the Judge, Mr Jimmy Curle, who awared the Champion pen to Huntington Farm Partnership, Huntington –53kgs £184

Class 1 Beltex (ex Suffolk Ewe)

1^st           Huntington                                         53kgs                     £184                       CHAMPION

2^nd          Huntington                                         41 ½ kgs               £124

3^rd           Craigsford Mains                              45kgs                     £133      

Class 2 Beltex (ex Continental Ewe)

1^st           Whitsome West Newton              48 kgs                   £157                       RESERVE CHAMPION

2^nd          Huntington                                         48 kgs                   £141

3^rd           Wauchhope                                       48 kgs                   £140      

Class 3 Beltex (ex A.O.B Ewe)

1^st           Threeburnford                                  44 kgs                   £133

2^nd          Craigsford Mains                              43 kgs                   £125

Lambs per head-

Beltex: £184 Huntington, £157, £150 Whitsome West Newton, £147, £141 Huntington, £140 (2) Wauchhope; Texel: £166, £151 Huntington, £150 Riddell Cottage, Huntington, Crumhaughhill, £144 Huntington, £143 Symington Mains, £142 Butterdean, Threepwood, £141 Crumhaughhill; Suffolk: £142 Headshaw, Lauder, Corsbie, The Lee, £129 Whitehill, £127 Hermiston, £126 Symington Mains, Blegbie; Hampshire: £134 Bridgehaugh Mill; Blue Texel: £128 East Mains (M.Hankey); Greyfaced: £120 Lauderhill

Lambs per kilo-

Beltex: 347.2p Huntington, 327.1p Whitsome West Newton, 325.6p, 315p Wauchhope, 314.8p, 306.3p, 305.6p Huntington; Texel: 314.6p East Gordon, 303.5p Huntington, 297.8p Whitsome West Newton, 293.3p Corsbie, 292.3p Whitsome West Newton, 285.7p Crumhaughhill, 284.1p Wauchhope, 283p Huntington, 282.6p Headshaw, Lauder, 282p Crumhaughhill; Blue Texel: 297.7p East Mains; Suffolk: 284p Headshaw, Lauder, 267.9p Corsbie, 262.8p Symington Mains

CAST SHEEP-

All classes slightly harder on the week with more hill bred sorts about.

Sale top of £183 for a Texel Tup from local breeder Neil Harvey Farms, Blackadder Mains

EWES-

Suffolk: £153 Blackcruik, £151(2), £145 Smailholm Mains, £133 Edgerston Home Farm, £129 Blackhouse Cottages, Corsbie; Texel: £151 Edgerston Home Farm, £150 Cathpair (R.Halliday), £141 Treaty Park, £139 Lylestane, East Gordon, £137 Edgerston Home Farm, Lylestane, £135 Hyndsidehill; Greyfaced: £123 The Lee, £113 Blackburnrigg, £109 Corsbie, £107 The Lee, £103 Whitemire; Cheviot Mule: £123 East Gordon, £113 Saughtree, £107 Hyndsidehill, £105 Blegbie;  Half Bred: £121 Smailholm Mains; Hampshire: £117 Bridgehaugh Mill; Charollais: £109 Whitemire; Lleyn: £105 Edgerston Home Farm; North Country Cheviot: £107 Kirklands, Ancrum, £103, £97 Dryden, £91 Gospelhall; Blackface: £65 Threeburnford; Shetland: £51 Westrigg

RAMS-

Texel: £183, £137 Blackadder Mains, £147 Edgerston Home Farm; Beltex: £167 Blackadder Mains;  Suffolk: £143 Smailholm Mains; Hebridean: £73 Bankrigg